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20 comments so far
tenontim
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posted 148 days ago
Very nice. I like the design. Looks very well made.
-- Tim -- http://tmuli.com
Scott Bryan
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posted 148 days ago
Bert,
This is a nice bench. The through tenons and ebony add nice details to the piece. I enjoy working with jatoba but I found it to be hard on my blades.
Thanks for the post.
-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.
teenagewoodworker
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posted 148 days ago
very nice design. i like the curvature of the seat. those are beautiful through tenons too. very well constructed and executed. great job!
BertJ
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posted 148 days ago
Thanks for the nice comments, all. And you’re right, Scott. I have to sharpen my chisels regularly when I work on this project! I do love the look of jatoba, but it is one VERY hard wood, and it splinters easily.
By the way, this project will be in the next (June) issue of Popular Woodworking.
Blake
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posted 148 days ago
This is a beautiful design! Did you design this? Wow. Congratulations on getting it in Popular Woodworking. I love it. Favorited!
-- Dust collectors suck.
Grumpy
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posted 148 days ago
Great sturdy & well designed bench Bert.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
CharlieM1958
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posted 148 days ago
Fantastic design. Looks like a Chinese pagoda.
-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"
trifern
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posted 148 days ago
Outstanding design and craftsmanship.
-- Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will, but remember it didn't work for the rabbit.
arcarius
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posted 148 days ago
Looks very Asian in design. It is very nice.
-- Young Padiwan Woodworker
TroutGuy
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posted 148 days ago
Nice design, well executed!
-- There is nothing in the world more dangerous, than a woodworker who knows how to read a micrometer...
Bradford
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posted 148 days ago
Looks Japanese in design. A hint of greene & greene, with a side of A & C. Very nice.
-- so much wood, so little time. Bradford.
ShannonRogers
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posted 147 days ago
This is beautiful. I love the joinery and the fact that you put the stretcher so low to the ground. Great lines and flow.
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bfd
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posted 147 days ago
Gorgeous! Congratulations for getting it published in Popular Woodworking.
-- Brian, Folsom, CA
Zuki
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posted 145 days ago
Very clean lines Bert. I love the colour as well.
-- The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them
DAN
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posted 142 days ago
nice design Bert ! great detail work
welcome to lj’s
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joey
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posted 136 days ago
Nice bench, I just finished reading the article in Popular Woodworking. very well done.
-- Joey~~Sabina, Ohio http://sleepydogwoodworking.blogspot.com/
ShannonRogers
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posted 135 days ago
Hey another famous LJ. I loved this bench when you first posted it here and I just got my June PW issue only to find it there again. I love it, I’m going to build one too.
-- Check out my new blog "The Renaissance Woodworker" at www.rogersfinewoodworking.com/blog
BertJ
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posted 135 days ago
Thanks for all the nice comments, all. If any of you choose to make the bench (are you listening Shannon?) feel free to email me or post any questions you might have. It can certainly be made with materials other than jatoba and ebony, and might be considerably easier to mill the parts. It also is greatly eased if you have an orbiting spindle sander. This project was my inspiration to buy one, and it is a real boon for sanding curves.
I also changed the way I flatten the seat/top. As described in the article, I first used my old Craftsman belt sander, nicknamed the “screaming Mimi.” The last bench I made I opted for using a Microplane (the hand tool version) and this worked very well. No noise either, except the sound of wood shearing and my sweat dripping on the bench!
matt garcia
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posted 122 days ago
It’s awesome!! I think the most interesting, and challenging aspect of woodworking is joinery! I love it! It is my favorite thing about woodworking!! You did an outstanding job. I love the trestle, and the through tenons!! Just gorgeous!!
-- Matt, Houston Texas
BertJ
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posted 122 days ago
Thanks, Matt. I, too, truly enjoy learning and employing different joinery techniques. I have a desk project (to be published later this year) that employs mortise and tenons, sliding dovetails, half-blind and full dovetails, modified box joints, dowels, spline miters, and side-hung drawers. Great fun, and entirely functional.